Everyone was very happy to see the Japanese soldiers in a mess. They stood there expressing their feelings.

Gao Jiu said, "Stop watching, run away!"

The artillery quickly packed up the mortars, either carried them or put them on the horse's back, and everyone retreated back together.

The Japanese artillery was prepared this time. They soon discovered the target and then started shelling. It has to be said that the Japanese artillery's shooting skills are still very high. After a simple test shot, they quickly hit the position where Gao Jiu and others were just now.

Gao Jiu and others either took a car or rode a horse, and ran very fast. Before the enemy artillery attacked, they retreated several miles in one breath.

The Japanese army felt that this tactic still had a certain effect, so they sent a small group of troops to search and advance, and then the large army moved forward, and the artillery position slowly moved forward.

Gao Jiu felt that it was almost done, so he stopped again and measured the Japanese artillery positions.

The Japanese artillerymen set up artillery pieces and waited for the search troops in front to find the enemy's traces and then launched artillery bombardment. They did not expect that it was their turn to be hit this time.

In order to completely destroy the Japanese artillery, Gao Jiu did not feel sorry for the artillery shells this time. He ordered the entire artillery regiment to have three rapid fires per artillery, and nearly 200 105mm howitzers directly covered the Japanese artillery positions.

The Japanese artillery corps were basically destroyed, and the Japanese commanders were almost crying. He didn't know what to do for a moment, so he reported to the division commander.

The troops of the Ninth Corps of the guo Army withstood the attack of a brigade of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army. When they found that the enemy's offensive was over, they began to tentatively attack forward. Only then did they realize that the Japanese resistance was much weaker than before. It turned out that after this brigade of the Japanese army launched a strong attack, two brigades of troops were left to cover it. The other troops immediately left the position and retreated with the main force.

The troops of the guo army were best at fighting the wind. When they saw the Japanese army began to retreat, their morale was greatly boosted, and they immediately increased their attack.

Soon it became refined, and the Japanese troops of these two brigades could not resist it and began to retreat.

The troops of the guo army became even more excited. At this time, there were more than 100,000 troops of the Ninth Corps gathered on the front battlefield. When they saw the Japanese army retreat, they rushed up in a hurry.

Gao Jiu was waiting for the Japanese troops to come, but he waited for half an hour and could not see any signs of a Japanese army on the opposite side.

Gao Jiu guessed that the Japanese army would not have come in their direction, but should have retreated towards Jingzhou.

Gao Jiu was right. The chief of staff of the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Army received a report from the 112th Division, saying that they had encountered extremely powerful enemies, with large-caliber artillery, and the shooter's artillery technology reached a terrifying level.

The chief of staff of the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Army guessed that this must be the legendary Gao Jiu. Because at the beginning of this Yichang battle, Gao Jiu perfectly demonstrated his incredible artillery shooting skills.

He knew that the passage to retreat east would definitely not be able to be opened, so he broke through directly to the southeast to facilitate the convergence with the main forces of the Japanese 3rd Division and the 6th Division.

The situation on the battlefield changed very quickly. Commander Yang and others rushed to the battlefield after fighting their lives. The Japanese had already escaped. He felt very depressed and sent a telegram to Gao Jiu, asking if he could join the pursuit of the Japanese troops.

Gao Jiu called him back and said, forget it! There is no suspense in this battle. There will be no suspense in the Ninth Corps to pursue the Japanese enemy with more than 100,000 troops. There will be no suspense in the Ninth Corps. Let this credit be given to the Ninth Corps!

Gao Jiu asked Commander Yang to bring his troops to meet him.

Not long after, Commander Yang met with Gao Jiu. Gao Jiu said, "Brother Yang, I'm sorry, I'm not sure, so I've made you two trips in vain."

Commander Yang asked, "What should we do next?"

Gao Jiu said: "There is no longer the main force of the Japanese army in this area. I would like to ask the Chief of Staff to lead the troops of two divisions to separate the troops to destroy the scattered enemies around them, destroy their grassroots organizations, and search for food and other supplies. Let's take the troops of the two divisions to Zhongxiang and defeat Zhongxiang with the deputy commander.

The Japanese have been operating there for a long time, and there is so much oil and water. Let’s make a fortune.”

"Okay! Then let's go quickly." Commander Yang said.

Zhongxiang City.

From the morning, the deputy commander of the Sichuan Army led a division to attack the Japanese army in Zhongxiang City. What Gao Jiu originally told him was to launch a feint attack on the Japanese and puppet troops in the city to confuse the main force of the Japanese army.

But the deputy commander of the Sichuan Army did not think so. He knew that Gao Jiu's judgment would not be wrong. Therefore, there was only this part of the Japanese army in Zhongxiang City, and the Sichuan Army troops were not in danger.

He didn't want to let the Japanese army run away in the city, so he surrounded Zhongxiang City and decided not to let any Japanese army go. Not only that, he also dug many trenches with trench excavators near the east gate of Zhongxiang City.

In order to prevent the Japanese army from breaking eastward, at the beginning, he ordered the troops to launch a feint attack on the Japanese and puppet troops in the city. When he communicated with Gao Jiu, he ordered the troops to stop the attack and prevent the Japanese army from breaking through, waiting for Gao Jiu and Commander Yang to lead the main force to come.

The Japanese army's corps commander was not a good person. After learning that the Japanese army's main force began to break through, he began to prepare for a breakthrough.

He concentrated all the Japanese and puppet troops in the city at the east gate of the city, and carried out a bombardment towards the Sichuan Army position in the east direction of the city, then opened the city gate and flocked out.

What the deputy commander of the Sichuan Army was most worried about was that the Japanese army retreated from the east gate of the city, and he set up heavy troops here. Seeing that the Japanese army was indeed coming in this direction, he shouted loudly: "Don't let the turtle sons run away, beat me hard."

Due to the correct judgment of the deputy commander, the Sichuan army blocked the Japanese army's breakthrough and drove the Japanese army back to the city.

Finally, the main force led by Gao Jiu and Commander Yang arrived. They immediately strengthened their siege of Zhongxiang City.

When Wei Deman and others saw that the Sichuan Army troops surrounded Zhongxiang City, he made a request to Gao Jiu. He said, "Mr. Gao, can you let the Japanese in the city surrender?"

You should know that since the Pacific War began, the Mid-English army has fought with the Japanese countless times, and most of the time they suffered losses. The Japanese captured many prisoners of the Mid-English army, with an astonishing number. The Mid-English army basically never captured Japanese prisoners. As for the surrender of the established Japanese army, there has never been a precedent.

They heard that the Japanese army had surrendered to Gao Jiu, and they wanted to see with their own eyes whether this was a legend or a true one.

After hearing this, Gao Jiu smiled faintly and sent his special forces members to come forward and shout.

The Japanese corps captain in Zhongxiang City failed to successfully break through. He knew that this time was really over because he had no reinforcements, and the main force of the Japanese army had already gone to Jingzhou.

Facing the tens of thousands of anti-Japanese soldiers outside, he was also considering a way out. Today's Japanese officers and soldiers have a strange mentality. When they were fighting, they were afraid of meeting Gao Jiu. But when they were defeated, they hoped that they would face Gao Jiu because Gao Jiu could give him a way out.

Gao Jiu is willing to accept their surrender to ensure their lives. If he surrenders to Gao Jiu, they will not be punished by their superiors.

After fighting with the anti-Japanese troops outside the city, the Japanese corps leader clearly felt that there was no Gao Jiu here because the Sichuan Army outside seemed clumsy and not as powerful as Gao Jiu.

He felt very moved and felt that he was dead this time. He was sitting in the corps headquarters, wondering whether to lead the officers and soldiers to die together, or to commit suicide by separatism?

At this moment, a Japanese lieutenant ran in. Seeing his appearance, he was a little panicked, but his emotions seemed a little excited. He shouted: "Governor Captain, someone outside persuaded him to surrender, saying that it was Gao Jiu of Taohua Mountain."

The Japanese officers and soldiers in the corps headquarters felt refreshed, and the corps leader couldn't help but stand up and asked, "Are you sure there are Gao Jiu outside?"

The Japanese lieutenant said, "It should be. The speaker speaks very fluently in Japanese."

Hearing this, the captain of the regiment felt hope. He ran out excitedly, and the deputy of the company and other Japanese officers followed him in a hurry.

They came to the city tower and looked forward with their telescopes.

I saw a group of Sichuan Army officers surrounded by about seven or eight hundred meters away. A group of guerrillas in black uniforms were scattered around the Sichuan Army officers, and the Sichuan Army officers surrounded a tall young man in a suit.

These characteristics are basically against Gao Jiu, but the captain of the regiment is still a little worried. He is worried that if someone pretends to be Gao Jiu and ends up cheating him over, they will be investigated by the Japanese in the future, and they will die miserably by the time.

After thinking about it, he said to the wing standing behind him: "Watanabe, go and see if the person is Gao Jiu?"

The wing was a very brave soldier. He came to the city without hesitation, opened the city gate, and rode forward on horseback.

After he came to Gao Jiu, he respectfully saluted Gao Jiu and said humbly: "Are you the famous Mr. Gao?"

Gao Jiu said in fluent Japanese: "That's it."

The United Team felt at ease, but this guy was a little sensible. He had been with the United Team Captain for a long time and knew that that guy was a person who likes to shirk responsibility. The United Team Captain did not come in person, but sent him to come himself. He had to bear any responsibility that the news he sent back eventually. If the person in front of him was cheating, the one who was unlucky would be his small United Team Captain.

He said respectfully to Gao Jiu: "Mr. Gao, Beizhi is just a small wing. Can you prove that you are the real famous Mr. Gao."

After he said this, Du Shengxi and others were angry. Ning Wu pulled out his gun and pressed it on his head, scolding: "You damn Japanese devil! How dare you suspect my Master Gao Jiu, I will collapse you now."

The brigade nodded and said, "I'm sorry, sorry, please forgive me. Bei Zhi is just a small brigade. I'm afraid that after I go back and talk, our brigade captain will not believe it, so I'd like to ask Master Gao Jiu to prove his identity."

Gao Jiu couldn't figure out how to prove his identity at once. He didn't have an ID card on him, or something special that could prove his identity. He asked curiously: "Then how should I prove it?"

The wing said respectfully: "Mr. Gao, you are the god of artillery. Can you shoot a shot? Let's see how powerful you are!" Hearing this, Gao Jiu smiled and said: "Okay, when you go back, tell your wing captain, let him look at the flagpole on your city gate. I will give it a discount."

Hearing Gao Jiu's words so confident, the United Team finally felt at ease. He said excitedly: "Thank you, Mr. Gao. I will go back and report to the United Team Captain." After that, the United Team bowed to Gao Jiu, turned over and ran back to the city.

After he got on the top of the city, the corps captain and officers surrounded him and asked, "Is that person really Gao Jiu?"

The United team said: "It must be. In order to prove that he is Gao Jiu, I made an appointment with him to ask him to break the flagpole on our city gate with a cannon."

When the captain heard this, he shouted, "Then why don't you run away!"

Everyone found a place to hide.

Gao Jiu had excellent eyesight. Seeing that the Japanese troops on the city gate were hiding, Gao Jiu transferred a mortar.

Gao Jiu issued the ruler and direction, and Du Shengxi took action and fired a shell out.

If you use the Type 92 infantry cannon or the Type 88 anti-aircraft cannon to hit the flagpole, you can aim directly. Although it is very difficult, it is relatively easier. Even a god cannot do it with a mortar.

The wing captain and others were frightened when they heard the sharp whistling of the mortar. When they saw the mortar shells hit the flagpole and exploded the flagpole in two pieces, their chins were almost dropped.

This was definitely not done by manpower. Gao Jiu was sure of the young man in front of him. The Japanese officers and soldiers couldn't help but cheer because they knew that their lives were saved.

The city gate opened soon, and the Japanese army's corps leader led officers above the squadron leader, as well as the main officials of the puppet army in the city, lined up in an orderly manner towards Gao Jiu and others. The surrender ceremony was completed quickly and smoothly.

The members of the Mi Army Advisory Group were stunned. They deeply felt that following Gao Jiu out this time would be worth the trip. This experience was enough for them to brag for the rest of their lives.

After everyone entered the city, Gao Jiu and others began to plunder the enemy's property. If we talk about how to squeeze out the Japanese and puppet property, Gao Jiu's special forces members were all experts.

At 3 pm, boxes of gold, silver and jewelry, and oceans filled the yard of the original Japanese Army Corps."

The officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army were not in a hurry because they knew that Master Gao Jiu had always been generous and never treated his brothers unfairly. Sure enough, Gao Jiu left a part of his special forces, and most of them were given to the brothers of the Sichuan Army.

The officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army cheered, and the people from the Mid-English advisory group were very jealous, and many people's saliva was squirming.

Gao Jiu naturally would not treat them unfairly, and he also distributed 2,400 oceans to Wei Deman and others, and everyone was very happy.

This is a total of 1,000 US dollars! Their salary is only more than 200 meters, and this money is a considerable amount for them.

The members of the Mi Army Advisory Group were very happy and praised Gao Jiu for being kind.

4 pm.

The commander of the Ninth War Zone sent a telegram in person, and the excitement in the telegram was beyond words. He said: "Mr. Gao, our army won a great victory in this battle in Yichang. The Japanese 6th Division and the 3rd Division have been repelled by our army, and the 112th Division and the 111th Division were defeated by our army.

Our army kept chasing, and after 80 kilometers, we stopped. During the pursuit, a large number of Japanese troops were eliminated, successfully ending the battle in Yichang.

Please ask Mr. Gao to report the results of the 20th Corps to the Military Commission together and reward them on their merits."
Chapter completed!